. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . t outsidethe sweep of Grumpys claws. After one ortwo vain attempts to shake the spotted fury off,old Grumpy did just as most creatures wouldhave done under the circumstances: she turnedtail and bolted out of the enemys country intoher own woods. But Pusss fighting blood was up. She wasnot content with repelling the enemy; shewanted to inflict a crushing defeat, to achievean absolute and final rout. And however fastold Grumpy might go, it did not c
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . t outsidethe sweep of Grumpys claws. After one ortwo vain attempts to shake the spotted fury off,old Grumpy did just as most creatures wouldhave done under the circumstances: she turnedtail and bolted out of the enemys country intoher own woods. But Pusss fighting blood was up. She wasnot content with repelling the enemy; shewanted to inflict a crushing defeat, to achievean absolute and final rout. And however fastold Grumpy might go, it did not count, for theCat was still on top, working her teeth and clawslike a little demon. Grumpy, always erratic,now became panic-stricken. The trail of thepair was flecked with tufts of long black hair,and there was even bloodshed (in the fiftiethdegree). Honor surely was satisfied, but Pussywas not. Round and round they had gone inthe mad race. Grumpy was frantic, absolutelyhumiliated, and ready to make any terms; butPussy seemed deaf to her cough-like yelps, andno one knows how far the Cat might haveridden that day had not Johnny unwittingly i«3. Johnny Bear put a new idea into his mothers head by bawl-ing in his best style from the top of his lasttree, which tree Grumpy made for and scram-bled up. This was so clearly the enemys country andin view of his reinforcements that the Cat wiselydecided to follow no farther. She jumpedfrom the climbing Bear to the ground, andthen mounted sentry-guard below, marchingaround with tail in the air, daring that Bear tocome down. Then the kittens came out andsat around, and enjoyed it all hugely. And themountaineers assured me that the Bears wouldhave been kept up the tree till they were starved,had not the cook of the Hotel come out andcalled off his Cat—although this statement wasnot among those vouched for by the officers ofthe Park. VII The last time I saw Johnny he was in the topof a tree, bewailing his unhappy lot as usual,while his moth
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